Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — Page 2

JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Minneapolis had its thin! grain elevator fire within a fortnight early the other morning, the annex of Woodworth elevator, with its contents, being entirely consumed. The loss on building is about. $12,000 and on grain $6,000. Two Fort Scott, Kan., bandits tied a policeman to a tree and theu held up and robbed the occupants of two hotel offices, after which they shot a railroad engineer, a pitched battle In the dark with two officers and escaped. Bchuyler Hamilton, a New York mining engineer, formerly reputed to possess property worth $500,»K)0, has filed a |>etition in bankruptcy. Mr. Hamilton's liabilities are $90,505 and his nominal assets $115,361. Of the liabilities, $25,229 are secured. The Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society elected Rev. Dr. John S. Lindsey of Boston general secretary. The lniard created the office of corresponding secretary, and John W. Wood, present secretary of St. Andrew's Brotherhood, was chosen to fill it. The Paris Figaro was confiscated by the police throughout Germany ou account of a caricature which it coutuincd, copied from Puck, representing all the crowned heads and entitled “The Threatened Revolt in the Jungle.” Emperor William was represented as a boar. The Elkins-Widener Whitney syndicate has added *anotl«*r industry to its numerous ventures by incorporating in New Jersey an ice manufacturing company for New York. The capital stock is $1,900,000 and may be increased to $5,000,000. A tract of land embracing 125 acres has been purchased on Staten Island and a plant with a capacity of 1,000 tons a day will be erected at once. Aguinaltio has issued a proclamation at Manila calling on the Filipinos to unite to defend their liberty. He protests against every clause of Gen. Otis’ proclamation and denies that Otis has any claim to the title of captain general of the Philippines. He further declares that the Americans came to grand freedom to the Filipinos, not to establish themselves as masters of the archii>chign. The Petit Bleu of Brussels announces that the Batelclas tribesman of the Congo Free State, who defeated a column of 200 of the State troops and captured Knlambari, in addition to killing two officers, one sergeant and 200 native tronpsy captured fourteen whites, two jlfiißrAidC ammunition and n quantity of baggage. Five whites were also killed at Kalambari, which is the chief town of the district. It was garrisoned by 800 men, who deserted. Fire destroyed the three tipper flo.vs of a seven-story brick building at 144-150 Franklin street, New York City. The place was occupied by the Cook & Bernheimor Company, dealers in and manufacturers of liquors. It is estimated that the loss to the building and its contents will amount to about SIOO,OOO. Emile Vineenot was burned to death. It is believed the fire start<sl from the ignition of a small tank of cordial on the fifth floor. One of Chicago's most prominent railroad men confirms the sale of the Chicago and Alton to a number of Western roads, to lie used by "all to secure au entrance to Chicago. According to this man, who refused to allow Ids name to bo used, the roads which will use the. Alton in common and control its destiny are the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, owned by the Rockefellers; the Missouri Pacific, controlled by the Goulds; the Union Pacific nud the Illinois Central. Four persons were run down and instantly killed by an express train near Larimer Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twenty-five miles east of Pittsburg. The train dashed into the group of unfortunates at full speed, and the bodies were terribly mangled. On account of a freight wreck near Larimer it was necessary to switch the west-bound passenger trains to the east-bound track. The express was running at full speed and the engineer blew the whistle, but the alarm was unheeded, as the victims evidently thought that the train would run on the west-bound track as usual. The National Biscuit Company, through its president, B. F. Crawford, met Attorney General Monnett at Columbus, Ohio, and a settlement of the suit of ouster recently filed in the Supreme Court was arranged uttuler which the proceedings are expected to be dropped. The company complied with the first and second clauses in the action by paying iuto the State treasury a fee of $l,lOO for the privilege of doing business in the State. President Crawford assured the Attorney General that if the company’s mode of doing business was in violation of the Ohio trust laws it would modify the system so as to comply. This will satisfy the remaining clause in Mr. Monnett's action.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Richard Mills, 25 years old. killed himself near Higbee, Mo., because of disappointment in love. William T. Stead, editor of the Review of Reviews, has received from Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, and President Barrows of Obcrlin College letters indorsing his peace crusade. The death is announced of the Bavarian ex-Premier Braysteinburg, who on Nov. 23, 1870, at Versailles, concluded the treaty by which Bavaria agreed to enter the imperial confederation of northern Germany. The sword of honor voted to Rear Admiral George Dewey, the naval hero of Manila, by joint resolution of Congress has been received at the Navy Department from the makers. Tiffany & C'o New York. Under the will of Henry C. Warren, Harvard University is bequeathed all of his real estate and personal property ex- , cepting $4,000 of private bequests. Grade File, 7 years old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch File of Kansas City, Kan has won her suit for damages against that city. She was shocked by an clectrjc light wire. A Monoagahcla traction car became unmanageable near Dnquesne, Pa., aud Went over a twenty-five-foot embankment near Rankin bridge. When the car toppled over the stove upset and several passengers were burned.

EASTERN.

Ex-Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alexander B. Upshaw died at New York. He waa 48 years old. The death is announced in Brooklyn, N. Y., of William Peak, the famous bellringer, aged 94 years. At Chambersbnrg, Pa.. Miss Alice Ha*l*. a school teacher, died from the effects of having a tooth extracted. The Connecticut Supreme Court has rendered a decision that the property of Yale University is exempt from taxation. The indeterminate sentence act, socalled, has been declared to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Total liabilities of $1,166,536 and assets of SSO are the figures given by Tlios. H. Brush, a New York builder, who filed a petition in bankruptcy. Silas Anderson, colored, who shot and killed his wife March 13 last, was hanged in the county jail at Pittsburg. Jealousy was the cause of the crime. Remington Vernon, the founder of Ar-verne-by-the-Sea, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, giving his liabilities as $728,040 and his available assets as nothing. Olive Farrington Sampson, daughter of Admiral and Mrs. William T. Sampson, and William Harrison Scott of San Francisco were married at Glen Ridge, N. J. A petition in involuntary bankruptcy has been filed against M. C. Spencer A Co., dry goods merchants of New York, whose liabilities are said to exceed $160,000. Bailey Decker, colored, was put to death by electricity in Sing Sing, N. Y., prison for the murder of his white wife. Decker, while drunk, killed his wife in a jealous rage. Through information received from a crook the Boston police were enabled to prevent the carrying out of a scheme to rob the Shreve. Crunfp & Low company of diamonds valued at SIO,OOO. Otis Kendall, former professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and for many years one of the foremost educators of the country, died at Philadelphia, aged 82 years. The City Council and County Commissioners of Newcastle, Pa., have offered a reward of $4,000 for the arrest and conviction of the men who murdered City Treasurer John Blevius and robbed his office. The Hotel Main and the Levins building adjoining, in which were Neeson & Jones’ tailoring establishment and A. M. Brown’s dry goods store, were destroyed by fire at Washington. Pa. Loss SIOO,OOO, insurance $85,000. A local passenger train going west and an excursion train going east met head on in a deep cut at sharp curve on the Lehigh Valley Road near West Duncllen, N. J. Thirteen persons were killed and thirty-five injured. The Electric Company of America has been incorporated in New Jersey, with a capital stock of $25,000,000. George W. Elkins will be its president, and it is proposed to control the street lighting business east of the Mississippi river. The Outside doors of the vault of the Phoenix National Bank at Phoenix, It. 1., were blown oqt by dynamite, but three men who attempted to rob the bank were away before they could gain access to the interior apartments, where the money and other valuables were kept. The night telegraph operator of the Philadelphia and Rending Itailroad at Bingen, Pa., was murdered by unknown parties. He had reported his last train at 12:45 a. m.. and Sit 1:30 a. m. a freight conductor discovered his body, still warm, at the desk in the depot office. The place had been looted, nnd a struggle bad evidently taken place.

WESTERN.

J. L. Bard well, a retired merchant of San Francisco, was found dead in his bed. At Garretson. S. D., J. B. Dischner committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Frederick Silberg, one of the most famous Knights of Pythias in the country, is dead at Cleveland. A deal has been completed for the consolidation of the Cleveland and Michigan telephone companies. At Visalia. Cal., a brick wall of a building collapsed and buried five men in the ruins. Harry Hughes was fatally injured. At Sidney, Ohio, the residence of W. H. C. Goode was damaged by tire. It cost $150,000. The loss on building and furniture was $50,000. Mr. and Mrs. E. Mithoff celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Mithoff is one of the foremost business men and capitalists of Columbus, Ohio. Martin and Hillery Nicbolls, boys, were killed in a gravel pit at Fullerton, Colo., by a cave-in. They were taking out gravel when the slide occurred. At Ada, Ohio, llomer Weleker was shot and Instantly killed by his brother, Bird, the outcome of a quarrel over the settlement of their father’s estate. Physicians in St. Louis agree that the grip is epidemic in that city and that in the form in which the disease prevails there it is infectious but not contagious. Mrs. Florence Ritchie, a member of Frank Daniels’ company, plhying at the Broadway, fainted while taking a bath at the Albert Hotel and was drowned. With his train thundering along at fifty miles an hour, Horace Webber, a veteran Lake Shore engineer, fell dead in his cab from an attack of heart disease near South Bend, Ind. J. L. Bardwell, a retired merchant of San Francisco, was found dead in his bed. He had apparently expired from heart disease. He was a native of Springfield, Mass., aged 67 years.

At Lima, Ohio, the Lima paper mills were almost totally destroyed by fire. The plsnt was the property of the American Strawboard Company. The loss is $125,000, insurance $70,000. At Akron, Ohio, Rev. N. J. Myers an** Rev. W. H. Brightmire were assaulted and thrown into the snow while going home from church. They had led a crusade agaiust Sunday saloons. A Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis passenger train was wrecked near Thayer, Mo. None of the passengers was injured. The wreck was caused by the engine striking a spike placed on the rail. The Ohio mine workers elected officers at Columbus as follows: President, William H. Haskins, Murray City; vice-presi-dent, D. H. Sullivan, Coshocton; secretary and treasurer, Thomas L. Lewis, Bridgeport. While the fire department at Climax, llinn., was steaming np for practice a

■mall boiler used to keep the water warm in the main boiler exploded, wrecking the inside of the building and injuring four men. • At Astoria, Ore., the attempt to arrest Charles Willard on suspicion of being the man who set fire to the Fulton cottage at Seaside resulted in a desperate fight, in which Willard and two officers were killed. Both branches of the Kansas Legislature have passed the bill reducing telegraph rates. The bill reduces the charge for day commercial messages of ten words from 25 to 15 cents, and other tolls in proportion. Dispatches from Vermiliob, S. D., say Prof. Droppers, recently returned from a nine years’ sojourn in the Orient, has been chosen by the regents to succeed John W. Mauek, resigned, as president of the State University. Gov. Leedy has commuted the sentence of J. It. Colenn, who while cashier of the State Bank at Fort Seott, Kan., in 1895 stole $52,000 of its funds, wrecking the bank. His sentence of five years was reduced to four. Henry Church, alias Wilson, who was arrested at Columbus, Ohio, on suspicion of being Dunham, the California murderer, was sentenced to three years in the Milwaukee house of correction for swindling Milwaukee people. An amusing blunder was made by the Cincinnati police in the arrest of United States District Attorney William E. Bundy. The city has been infested with crooks, and Col. Bundy was pointed out to the officer as a “bad man.” A Great Northern train struck n broken rail at Hatton, N. D., throwing three cars from the track, one catching tire. Conductor Walter O’Kane, Ole Bolster of Moorehead, J. M. Johnson of Northwood and Mrs. P. M. IVnniser of Maryville were seriously hurt and two others slightly injured. The Rock Island depot at Peabody, Kan., was robbed early the other morning by unknown persons. The thieves cut the wires, shutting off all communication, although no one was in the depot. The safe was successfully blown and all of the contents secured. The exact amount is said to be SI,BOO. The first accident to the Union Pacific fast mail occurred when the train was running at a high rate of speed, thirty miles west of Laramie, Wyo. The side rod of the engine broke, tearing away the cab and tearing up the track for a considerable distance before the train came to a stop. Engineer Mark Wright of Laramie was struck by the rod and instantly killed. The East Liverpool-Wellsville.O., street railway was completely tied up the other day. Trouble had been brewing for several days between the employes of the road and the management. It originated in/he discharge of Motorman John Stodghifl, one of the oldest men on the road. The rrten claim that he was discharged on account of his association with union affairs.

At Cincinnati, William Kennedy murdered Ida Price in a peculiarly horrifying manner. They lived together in a flat on West Sixth street. Having quarreled with the woman, and desiring to be rid of her, Kennedy poured coal oil over Miss Price’s clothing, set fire to it and left the room, locking the door behind him. The victim’s screams brought help, but too late to save her life. A passenger train on the Illinois Central Railroad Company's St. Louis branch was derailed fifteen miles north of Metropolis, 111. Conductor William Mertz was seriously hf rt. Fifteen passengers were injured, but no one was killed. Among those injured were: John Riddle, Creal Springs, Ill.; Conductor William Mertz; Nellie Yarns, Clinton, 111.; J. E. Bylatt; It. M. Hogan, Alton, Ill.; Nellie Wheeler, Great Bend, Kan. Every ear was overturned, but the engine was not derailed. A disastrous freight wreck was caused on the Wabash at Belleville, Mich., by freight No. 60 running into the rear end of an extra freight that was lying on the main track near Harvey Johnson’s bean storehouse. The engineer and fireman saved themselves by jumping. An overturned stove fired the wreck and fire freight cars, the caboose and the bean storehouse were burned and the wrecked engine badly damaged by the fire. The loss on rolling stock is estimated at from $25,000 to $30,000, with $3,000 loss on the storehouse.

SOUTHERN.

A barn belonging to a white farmer named Green, near Banks, Ala., was burned. Suspicion was directed toward Marshall McGregor, a negro in Mr. Green’s employ. Next day his body was found hanging to a tree near where the barn had stood. Several months ago Judge Tarvin of Covington, Ky., sent several eouncilmen to jail for contempt of court in disobeying an order of court to furnish supplies. Now the five eouncilmen imprisoned have sued 3[udge Tarvin collectively for SIO,OOO for fjflse imprisonment. Baron Edgar de Bara and his wife, the alleged Chicago postal swindlers, who were arrested at St. Augustine, Fla., have been released on bonds in the sums of $5,000 and $2,500 respectively for their appearance in the .United States Court at Chicago at the May term for trial. Four men dead, two injured, one of these perhaps fatally, and the loss of property of the Southern Railway to the amount of about SIOO,OOO is the result of a wreck which took place on the Knoxville and Ohio branch of the Knoxville division of the Southern Railway, one and one-half miles west of Elk Valley, Tenn. The Exploration Company of the Amnson has been organised under the laws of the State of Virginia, with an authorized capital of $10,000,000, witfi the power to purchase rubber lands and concessions in foreign countries. It is understood a number of leading rubber manufacturers are interested, with the idea of obtaining their crude product from their own lands.

FOREIGN.

George Dambmann, an American, who is prominent in Paris in Franeo-American business circles, has been decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor. Sir Henry Irving is said to have been advised by his physician to drop the enres of management, and as a consequence it is understood he will sell the Lyceum Theater at London. The Viceroy of Nankin, China, has refused to grant further concessions of territory to France, as a result, it is believed, of the protests of the American and British ministers.' The Tweedie Company’s steamer Catania, recently reported in great danger, has arrived at St. Michael’s, Azores. Her

s unset, ventilators, boats and deck works were carried away. The Duke of Marlborough has been appointed paymaster general in succession to the Earl of Hopetonn, who was'recently made lord chamberlain, succeeding the late USarl of l>athom. The business partnership existing between Sir Henry Irving nnd Ellen Terry has terminated. Miss Terry has retired from the Lyceum Theater enterprise and will without delay form a company of her own. The London Dally Chronicle urges the United States to demand of Spain the pardon of Col. Julison San Martin, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for having abandoned Ponce, Porto Rico, when Gen. Miles’ troops landed. Viscount Cromer, British diplomatic agent in Egypt, in an address to Soudanese sheikhs at Cairo said: “For the future you will be governed by the queen and the khedive. The sole representative in the Soudan of the two governments will be the sirdar.” Baron and Baroness do Bara, clinrged with using the United States mails for fraudulent purposes, have been held at Jacksonville, Fla., in default of $5,000 bail for the former and $2,500 for the latter for trial before the Uhited States Court at Chicago. Quesuay de Bnurepaire, president of the section of the French Court of Cassation, which is dealing with the Dreyfus ease, has resigned his office in consequence of a disagreement regarding the. Dreyfus inquiry. Le Soir says it learns from an indisputable source that the Court of Cassation is convinced that Dreyfus was justly condemned. •

IN GENERAL.

At Baldur, Man., two men gagged and bound Municipal Treasurer Harrower and robbed him of S7OO. The highwaymen escaped before their victim’s cries brought help. George A. Armour has given SIO,OOO to found a classical alcove in the university library in Princeton, and a yearly endowment for three years of $2,700 toward its support. One of Dr. Gatling's new east-steel guns, which Gen. Miles regarded as likely to revolutionise coast defense artillery, burst into pieces at the Sandy Hook proving grounds while being tested. There is a strong movement on foot at Dawson to send a representative to Washington for the purpose of enlisting the United States Government in the cause of aiding in remedying the great distress which prevails among the miners of the Yukon.

Advices received at Vancouver. B. C.. from Alaska say very severe weather has been experienced on the pass. Lake Bennett has at last begun to freeze over. The White Pass Railway, which is npw being built in Canadian territory, has commenced on its last tunnel. Gov. Brady of Alaska has arrived in Washington to urge haste in territorial matters. He says mauy of the people who rushed into the Klondike region are coming out, largely because of the high taxation. Many thousands of people, he says, already have started for the Atlan district. A dispatch from Auckland, N« Z.. says advices have bwn received from Tonga, the seat of the Government of the Tonga, or Friendly Islands, that the German consul has arrived there from the Samoan Islands, and has given notice that Germany will seize Vavao, the most fertile of the group, unless the Tongan Government pays the private debts which the natives owe a German company. The Government repudiates responsibility for the giving of credit to the natives, contrary to law, and the king is appealing to England, America and France. Bradstreet’s views the trade situation thus: “The situation is one of quiet, sustained strength. In wholesale distributive trade annual inventories have occupied attention, and distribution in this branch is, therefore, of only seasonable proportions. Retail reflects the quieting down of the demand ruling before the holidays, but it is significant that the majority of the reports received since Jan. 1 iu this and in the wholesale branch refer to collections as almost uniformly good. Export trade, particularly in cereals, continues well up to maximum figures, while reports from the new great industries of the country are favorable. Bank clearings for the week reflect exceptionally heavy annual settlements in a total of $1,765,900,000, nearly $40,000,000 larger than ever before reported. Wheat, iucluding flour, shipments for the week aggregate 6,860,208 bushels, against 6,292,625 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4,844,288 bushels, against 3,659,745 bushels last week.” .

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $&00 to $(3.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; com, No. 2,37 cto 38c; oats, No. 2,27 c to 28c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 55c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 24c; potatoes, choice, SOc to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 08c to 70e: corn, No. 2 white, 35c to 3(ic; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2,28 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 50c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn. No. 2 miked, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $6.50 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 87c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 82c; rye, SOc to 57c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; octs, No. 2 white, 27< to 29c; rye, No. 2,55 c to 56c; clover Milwaukee—Whegt, No. 2 spring, 07c to 09c; corn, *o 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 3w: rye, No. 1,54 cto 50c; barley, No. 2, l 4wjto 53c; pork, mess, $9.50 to slofO.nJ 3 Buffalo—©Jrttle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to S4.W; wheat. No. 2 red, SOc to 81c; corn. No. 2,43 cto 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; butter, creamery, 15c to 22c; eggs. Western, 28c to 25c.

THE STATE LEGISLATURES.

. Thursday. Gov. Pingree sent his message to-the Michigan Legislature. In Nebraska William A. Poynter was inaugurated Governor. Frank Rollins was Inaugurated Governor of New Hampshire. In Maine Gov. Llewellyn T. Powers was inaugurated for his second term. Indiana Legislature installed .officers and received Gov. Mount’s message. In Massachusetts Roger Walcott was for the third time inaugurated Governor. Kansas House defeated Senate bill to create guarantee fund to protect bank depositors. Missouri Legislature organized, Democrats and Repqjdicaus voting for Democratic nominees. Gov. Stephens, in his message to Missouri Legislature, asked investigation of boodliug in St. Louis. Bills were introduced in Minnesota Legislature providing for a constitutional amendment and electrocution and others. In North Dakota the legislative caucus of Republicans cast eight ballots for Senator without a choice. M. N. Johnson led on each ballot. Friday. North Dakota Senate amended divorce law, fixing time of residence at one year. Missouri Senate passed bill appointing committee to investigate alleged municipal and State political crookedness. - In California Burns men claimed 35 votes, while 32 were pledged to opponents. Charges of bribery made against Grant. In Delaware the House deadlock was broken in ninety-one ballots, regular Republicans beating Addicks faction. In Kansas Gov. Leedy sent message to the House demanding the evidence of Representative Brown, who openly charged him with being influenced by use of money. Beveridge seemed to gain strength in Indiana senatorial fight, four doubtful legislators announcing themselves in his favor. Opposition candidates organized to beat Hanly. Monday. Senatorial fight in North Dakota remains practically unchanged. Utah Legislature assembled and active canvass commenced for seuatorial vote. Contest for Speaker in Arkansas Legislature seems likely to result in a deadlock. In Indiana Perry S. Heath broke into the senatorial fight, using influence for Taylor. The Oregon Legislature convened and continued the organization of the special session. Organization of the Wisconsin Legislative Assembly is made an issue in the fight for United States Senator.

The Legislature of Washington organized, electing E. H. Guie, the youngest member, Speaker of the House. Utah Legislature met and organized. A. Nebecker was elected President of the Senate and William M. Roylance Speaker. In Kansas the Populist extraordinary session adjourned without attempting further legislation. Stanley took oath at uoon. Tuesday. Massachusetts re-elected United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Arkansas’ deadlock was broken by the election of A. F. Vandeventer Speaker. The Texas Legislature met and the House organized by electing Sherrill Speaker. In New Jersey the Republican caucus nominated John Kean for United States Senator. Missouri appointed a committee of six to investigate the municipal government of St. Louis. In Minnesota bills were introduced imposing more taxes on ruilroad and express companies. In Indiana the Republican caucus nominated A. J. Beveridge of Indianapolis for United States Senator. In Colorado Charles S. Thomas was inaugurated Governor. His message discussed State affairs only. In South Carolina Gov. Elierbe urged a law to prevent lynching and recommended the submission of the dispensary question to a vote of the people. Wednesday. Republicans in Nebraska fail in their efforts to bring about a senatorial caucus. In Minnesota Assembly House committees were announced and new bills introduced. In Washington efforts of Senator Wilson to bring about Republican caucus' met with failure. In West Virginia presiding officers of both houses were elected and coutests over seats commenced. Caucus of Republicans in Wyoming unanimously nominated C. D. Clark for re-election to the Senate. Michigan House and Senate committees were announced and Gov. Pingree submitted a list of appointments. Senatorial caucus in North Dakota took two ballots without result, except a loss of one for Johnson, who still leads. Republican majority in Connecticut chose Joseph R. Hawley for United States Senator on the ninth ballot. In the Maine Legislature Senator Hale was chosen as Republican nominee and Samuel L. Cord as Democratic nominee for the Senate. The California Legislature voted in joint session for United States Senator without electing. Phelan led with thirtyfour complimentary votes. Wisconsin Legislature organized, electing officers in both Houses, and named Senate committees. Cancus committee agreed on Wednesday, Jan. IS, as day for first meeting.

Telegraphic Brevities.

The United States troops keeping order in Havana are encamped in the heart of the city. \ The American flag flies from the Wreck of the Maine, blue jackets from the Texas having unfurled the colors. Gen. Wheeler ascribes his hardihood to regular hours. He goes to bed at 10 and rises at 7:30 in the morning. At Amsterdam, N. Y., Mrs. Anna Scannel was burned to death by a lamp explosion, and Mrs. Ruth Hopkins died of fright over the accident.

CONGRESS

Immediately after the Senate convened on Friday the resolution offered the previous day by Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, calling on the President for information as to the instructions of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of Paris, together with all correspondence and reports relating to their work, was laid before the Senate. Chairman Davis, one of the commissioners, desired that it be referred to the Foreign Relations Committee, but Mr. Hoar insisted that the Senate had as much right to such information as the members of the Foreign Relations Committee, and that the President should determine whether the Sqnate should have it. The resolution was adopted in secret session. In support of the resolution offered by Mr. Vest of Missouri, in opposition to expansion, Mr. Caffery of Louisiana delivered an extended speech.. The anti-civil service reformers scored a victory in the House. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bilL was taken up for consideration and ytom the appropriation for the civil servicnHnmission was reached Mr. Evans (RepT of Kentucky made a motion to strike it out. The motion to strike out carried by a narrow majority, 67 to 61. During general debate on the bill Mr. Swanson (Dem.) of Virginia delivered a speech on anti-imperialism. On Saturday the House, in committee of the whole, resumed consideration of the bill making appropriation for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1900. On a point of order made by Mr. Dockery (Dem.. Mo.) a paragraph appropriating $12,000 for making a series of charts of the coasts and harbors of the Philippines was stricken from the bill. In the Senate the District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up. As passed by the House, the bill appropriated $6,360,000, as against estimates of $9,230.000. As reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, it appropriates $7,251,905. The appropriation for the current fiscal year was $C,426,550. The House bill granting extra pay upon tuus-, ter-out to officers and enlisted men of the United States volunteers was taken up and passed without amendment. The Senate then went iuto executive session, and afterward adjourned. In the Senate on Monday Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts made a strong speech agaiust territorial expansion, MiyPlatt of New York replied. The Nicaragua Canal bill was then taken up and Mr. Caffery continued his speech in opposition to it. Messrs. Bacon, Money and Chilton engnged in a general discussion of the binding power of treaties in general. The House reversed the decision of the committee of the whole last Friday, when the appropriation for ihe support of the civil service commission was stricken out of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The House by special order decided to proceed with the consideration of the naval personnel bill as soon as the bill for the codification of the laws Of Alaska was out of the way. About seventy additional pages of the latter bill were covered. Senator Mason of Illinois occupied the attention of the Senate for nearly on hour nnd a half on Tuesday with a speech in support of his resolution declaring that the United States will never attempt to govern the people of any country without their consent. Mr. Turley was then recognized to speak on the Nicaragua canal bill. He announced himself as an advocate of the canal, but said he was opposed to the pending bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Turley’s speech a bill was passed directing the President to appoint Paymaster General T. H. Stanton a major general and retire him at that grade. The House devoted its undivided attention to the bill for the codification of the criminal laws of Alaska, nnd when adjournment was had all but ten pages of the bill had been disposed of. In the Senate on Wednesday n sharp debate was precipitated by Mr. Allen (Neb.) by some remarks he made upon a resolution he had introduced. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) nnd Mr. Gray (Del.) were drawn into it. The resolution stated that any aggressive action by army or navy on the part of the United States against the Philippines would bo an act of war unwarranted on the part of the President and the exercise of constitutional powers vested exclusively in Congress. Mr. Fornker of Ohio was recognized a(ter n short debate and proceeded to deliver his set speech on the general question of the power to extend our territory. At 3:10 p. m. the Senate, on motion of Mr. Davis, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and iu charge of the treaty of peace, went into executive session. Senator Davis reported the pence treaty and moved that the treaty and the proceedings of the peace commission be made public. This motion led to debate. The discussion was brief, however, nnd the motion to remove the injunction of secreey prevailed without division. The House completed and passed the bill for the codification of the criminal laws of Alaska.

Lives with a Broken Neck.

Physicians at Columbus, Ohio, state that the bones of Corporal Tracy's broken neck arc uniting again and that it is possible that he will recover without an operation. Tracy is a member of the Seventeenth regular infantry and broke his neck two weeks ago in a fall from a horizontal bar.

Kaiser as a Crusader.

Branzc statuettes about two feet high of thfe Emperor William as a knight of one of Jho crusading orders are now being offered for sale at Berlin. They represent him looking toward heaven, with both hands resting on his sword, on the blade of which is the Word “Credo,”

News of Minor Notes

Driver Hughes of the fire department of New York City saved tan lives at a recent tenement house fire. In 1900 Iceland will celebrate the 900th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity into the island. There arc forty-live colleges and seventeen State Christian associations among the colored people of North Carolina. Besides the rinderpest. South Africa’s worst plague consists of the myriads of grasshoppers, which arc sometimes so dense that they stop railway trains.